It’s teacher appreciation week for us this week. Just in case it is for you too, I’m sharing a really simple, free printable!
I have tried doing clever little crafty gifts in the past, but in talking with teacher friends, they have confided that…they really would rather get a gift card. Can you blame them?
Not only that, but my son has a male teacher this year. Something tells me that he wouldn’t love a cutesy basket full of goodies. 😉
So, our plan this year is a gift card, with a super simple personal touch, and totally guy appropriate.
With an Amazon gift card to celebrate an amaz—ing year. 😉
I created this printable to also be somewhat generic. That way you can give it to anyone who deserves thanks this time of year. The lunch lady, the school nurse, the teacher’s aid…anyone who helped make your child’s year amazing.
It’s also very simple in design so it will look good on any color paper and it makes it easy for you to add your own personal touches.
The printable is free. Simply click HERE and print.
*Please note that this printable is available through Google Drive. You may need to log into Google before accessing it. If you would like me to email it to you, email me at [email protected]. Please allow up to a week for email delivery.
*The printable is for personal use only.
It is essentially a box template, so you need to print it out on heavy 8 1/2 x 11 in. card stock paper. Regular printer paper will be too flimsy.
You simply cut it out, fold it up, and tape it together on the small, trapezoidal, inside flaps. You don’t need to tape the lid down. It should fit nice and snug into the front of the finished box. The washi tape and the ribbon I use in these pictures is purely decorative.
Once you adhere those to the sides, the box comes together nicely. I like to use double sided tape because it’s fast. Hot glue also works really well and holds together very nicely.
You may decide to cut slits for the gift card to fit into before you assemble the box…
I kind of wrote the flap of the box to coordinate with an Amazon gift card but any kind will do.
Tie it or tape it up as is, or throw in small goodies if you like.
Your teacher appreciation gift is made!
The washi tape version happens to be my favorite…
It’s sweet and simple, but still packaged up in a way that will make them feel special.
Love it! What a great idea. I’m pinning it now to remember when I need a teacher gift. 🙂
Thank you Aubrey!
Love it! Totally classy.
Thanks Autumn!
Cool! I’m with you, we’ve been doing gift cards the last few years as well. Though I imagine they wouldn’t mind if we threw in homemade cookies or flowers, so long as they’re not INSTEAD of the almighty gift card. 🙂
You are killing it with all of these printables and graphics! Next year your business cards will say “sewer, diy-er, graphic designer.” 🙂
Or a case of Diet Coke! ha.
You are so kind. Thanks Erin. 🙂
What a super idea Delia…certainly different from the general teacher gift ideas we see:-)
As an elementary school teacher, just let me say, THANK YOU for this post! Homemade gifts are always appreciated – but you can only own so many ‘Best Teacher’ mugs and cup-holders. The best gift I ever received, actually (aside from some really thoughtful gift cards) was a homemade meal during parent-teacher conferences time (when teachers at my school were at work from 7am – 7pm for several days in a row). A mom brought me homemade soup – complete with little containers of garnishes – a loaf of bread, and a bottle of wine. I think I cried!
I love this simple, but chic idea! I work in a church and at Christmas time I like to make small gifts (eg: hand made name tags, small ornaments (both out of polymer clay) pretty hair clips (bobby pins & buttons) … the list goes on, but needs to be small so as not to draw attention or cause embarassment in a large congregation – I will be printing this out and making sure my little Christmas tokens are well dressed, this year! Thank you so much for sharing this patern with us so generously! ~M x
You are amazing! I love that you do that. What a great service.
Thank you!!